The Terps are now 2-0 with a game at UConn next Saturday night in Storrs.
The offensive line opened huge gaps all night as Brandon Ross led the way for the Terps RBSs with 150 yds.
CJ was 12-22 for 275 yds and 2 TDs
Stefon had 179 yards on 6 catches including a 41 yard TD pass.
Freshman Will Likely led the swarming defense with 9 tackles.
Heralded ODU QB Taylor Heinicke was 18-34 for only 166 yards and 3 INTs. He was sacked 4 times but hurried too many to count.
Some post game quotes from Coach Edsall:
“I am very pleased with the outcome of today’s game and the way our player’s prepared this week. To go out and play like the way they did showed the kind of week of preparation that we had. There were things that we really did well today. To play the way we have been the last two weeks I think is really good. We will look at the film with them tomorrow and make the corrections. There are some things that need to be corrected. It was good to see some other guys step up this week and play the way we did. We are happy that we are 2-0.”
On if they planned on trying to use more offensive weapons:
“I think what happens is that people we play have to decide who they are going to take away. Old Dominion tried to take C.J. [Brown] away a little bit because of what he did last week. They took C.J. away, you saw what Brandon [Ross] and Albert [Reid] did. I feel good about the fact that we have some guys who can make plays. As we tell them, you cannot get frustrated, you cannot get upset if the ball is not coming your way based on what people were doing. Today, they kind of rolled their coverage to Deon [Long] because of what he did a week ago. That opens up Stefon [Diggs] and Nigel [King]. We have to make sure that we take what they give us.”
On whether the game plan was to be run heavy, or if it was dictated by the flow of the game:
“We knew we needed to run the ball better. We were satisfied with how we ran the ball the first week. We made a concerted effort to let our players know that we need to be able to run the football better if we’re going to be successful in this offense. We wanted to run the ball last week, but we weren’t as successful. But we feel we have to be able to run the ball to be the kind of offense that we want to be.”
On how defensive backs Isaac Goins and William Likely fared:
“I thought they played okay, but again I know we’ll look at the film and there’s going to be some things that we’re gunna coach them up on to get them better; but I was pleased with their effort and how they competed. I thought Will tackled well; I thought Issac tackled well too. But again our guys have the philosophy that hey you got to be ready to go. It’s unfortunate that JJ [Jeremiah Johnson] wasn’t out there, and I’ll address that a little bit more tomorrow. But I think we got a team that really understands that we have got to be ready to play at any given moment, and I’ve got to make sure that I go in and play as good or better as the guy that I’m replacing. I’m proud of our guys because they have that kind of mentality, and they’re showing it when they get the opportunities. It just shows you the confidence [we have] that you go into a game plan. Here you’re going to take Will and throw him in there and let him play nickel for us, and AJ Hendy, who we think has come along tremendously, and Issac is a senior, who has matured tremendously in the time he’s been here. To go in and play the way they did—and you know Issac had that pick there early in the game—it was good to see because he’s really worked hard and he’s a great kid.”
freddy from boca
you have to wonder how much good it is to play fcs teams. these are more like glorified scrimmages than games. wouldn’t md be better served playing out of conference schools like cal, vanderbilt, auburn, central fl. if you’re a season ticket holder wouldn’t you rather pay money to see a school in the same “division” as md rather than these small schools? 36,000 last week, 37,000 this week says to me the fans don’t want to see a fcs team play md.
· 11/12/2019